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Origins of the Cold War, The (1976)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £60.00

A selection of unedited British newsreel stories on the theme of the Cold War. Each item is identified by title, source and date: Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech; Truman’s Doctrine speech, the Marshall...

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Death on Delivery (1990)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £17.25

1990 documentary which looks at the post-Cold War situation in the arms trade with regard to the reduction in the size of the armies of NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries. As a result arms manufacturers...

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Cuba and the Cold War Collection: From Revolution to Missile Crisis (2009)

Subject

History

At the height of the Cold War, on 1 January 1959, a guerrilla army led by Fidel Castro defeated the US-backed Batista government. Attempts by the US government to undermine Castro’s new administration,...

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Radio Gallery: Programme 6 - Propaganda (2006)

Subject

History; Media studies

This exhibition explores the uses of the radio as a tool for propaganda during times of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ war. It begins in World War II with a compilation of German and Italian propaganda aimed at...

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Trials of Alger Hiss, The (1979)

Director

John Lowenthal

Producer

John Lowenthal

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 178 minutes), £80.00

An account of the Cold War espionage and perjury case that catapulted Richard Nixon to national prominence and imprisoned a former State Department officer. Through contemporaneous newsreels and present-day...

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War of the World (2010)

Subject

History

A 6-part series of 60-minute programmes in which Professor Niall Ferguson presents a major history of the 20th century. He argues that the underpinning forces behind the conflicts of the last century were...

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Wot! No Art (1978)

Director

Christopher Mason

Subject

Architecture; Art; Economics; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £50.00

A film about art and architecture during the post-War Labour administration of 1945-51. It was a time of austerity during which the dreams of a democratic society and promises of universal access to the...

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Coi Collection: Vol 6 - Worth the Risk? (2011)

Subject

Health & safety; History; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 215 minutes), £19.99

This sixth compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information examines the issue of ‘risk’ in our everyday lives. Complimenting the safety messages in Volume Four, STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!, the...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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